Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-02-11
SWITHIN c. SHORTLiDGE'S
Media Academy, Media, Pa.

rINlIRTEEN miles from Broad Street Sta
i. lion, Philadelphia. School year ls8G-'s7
opens Wednesday, September slh. Fixed
price covers every expense, even books, etc.
No extra charges except for music. Students
admitted aud classified AT any time. No ex-
animation necessary for admission. Summer
vacation school July and August. The reg
ular school year oplns September 9Th, but
students may come nj any time before Sep
TENDER 9Th, or he admitted after the slh.
when vacancies occur. board ng school Of
the highest grade for young men and boys
One of the best equipped, best taught and
most successful schools in the United States.
Twelve experienced teachers, all men and all
graduates-four OF them Harvard men All
teaching In small classes so that each pupil
may have individual care. Special attention
TO both advanced aud backward pupils In
dividual and class instruction. Early def
ciences In Young mems education corrected.
Young men whose education has been neg
lected instructed privately. Special oppor-
tuniiies for apt students TO advance rapidly.
Special drill for dull and backward boys
Patrons or students may select any studies or
choose the regular English, Scientific, Civil
Engineering, business or Classical Course, or
parts OF different courses. Students fitted at
Media Academy are now in Harvard, Yale,
University o. Pennsylvania, Princeton, Lee
high, Lafayette, University OF Virginia, CO.
lumbia, Williams, Dickinson, Cornell, and
several Polytechnic Schools. CONDITIONED"
College students o. any class tut0red in any
study and fitted for any college examination
A physical and chemical laboratory. Courses
OF lectures, with the best and fullest appar-
atus for illustration. Fifteen hundred vol
umes added 10 The Academy Library in 1889
Physical apparatus doubled in 1888. Ten stu.
IA u. al al -.
10 in 1884, 10 in 1885, 10 in 1886. Grad
ualing Glass every year In the Commercial
Department. Fine school buildings, in which
all the students live with the Principal No
boarding out In private families. Rooms car
peted and furnished with wardrobe, bureau,
table, washstand, toilet set, two single beds
with springs, good mattresses, pillows, and
an ample supply Of bedding, all IN complete
order, etc. Buildings carpeled throughout,
and thoroughly heated by steam. Rooms fof
one or two boys. No large dormitofies. Rooms
lighted with gas. Media Academy sefsa gea-
erous table. The students are not poorly fed
under the economical plea that plain food and
meagre diet are best for students Dining
room fitted out in the best manner Experi-
enced men walters. First-class steam laun-
dry. Day and night walchmen. A gymna-
stun, with two bowling alleys and other ix-
lures. Ample grounds for base ball, foot ball
and athletic sports. Drainage and water sup
ply perfect. No malaria. The health record
OF Media has few parallels. Media Academy
has all the convenience and appliances ne
cessary 10 make II a real home and irst-class
academy. A school for the training OF gen
tlemen. No hazing or other rowdyism. No
"roughlng IT," Students ut this academy
must not sacrifice The home influences for an
education devoid Of good morals, good man
ners and gentecl surroundings The school
Is adapted ia every way 10 The education 10
young men and boys only. Media Academy
Is not mixed school, but strictly a boarding
school for the male sex. Media has seven
churches, and Temperance charter which
prohibits the sale Of all Intoxicating drinks.
Media is conveniently accessible from all
points No change Of dcpots ia Philadelphia,
coming from New York, Pittsburg, Bali-
more or Washington. Twenty trains leave
Broad street Station, Philadelphia, for Media.
Return trains every hour, distance Is miles.
Ask at Media Station for Academy COACH
Drive TO the school only five minutes. For
new illustrated circular OF Media Academy
address the Pricipal aod Proprietor, SWITH-
IN &. SH0RTLIDGE, A. b. and A. ",
graduate Of Harvard College, Media, Penna
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